Cart Marshal vs Checkout Rules & Discounts
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 3, 2026.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Cart Marshal 5.0 from 1 reviews and Checkout Rules & Discounts 5.0 from 85 reviews.
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Cart Marshal and $3.99/month for Checkout Rules & Discounts.
- Cart Marshal lists 19 features Checkout Rules & Discounts’s listing doesn’t mention, including BOGO, Cart discounts, Coupons.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1 published rule, unlimited products
- · Block PO boxes, ZIPs & product combos
- · Checkout scan & drift detection
- · Free gifts, BOGO & tiered discounts
- · Free shipping, order & product discounts
- · Hide, rename & reorder payments
Core
- · Combine discounts & restrictions
- · Email support
- · Everything in Free
- · Pair a gift offer with free shipping.
- · Run payment & delivery rules together
- · Run up to 5 rules at once
Growth
- · Daily, weekly & monthly schedules
- · Email support
- · Everything in Core
- · Rule history: who changed what & when
- · Run up to 25 rules at once
Pro
- · Audit dashboard across all your rules
- · CSV export of all audit logs
- · Everything in Growth
- · No Cart Marshal rule limit
- · Priority support
- · Scripts analyzer for Plus stores
Explorer
- · 1 discount rejection rule
- · 3 active checkout validations
- · 3 active payment rules
- · 3 active shipping rules
- · 3 product, shipping and order discounts
- · Contact support to claim for paid stores
Professional
- · 1 discount rejection rule
- · 10 product, shipping & order discounts
- · 100+ advanced rules & conditions
- · 5 checkout validations
- · 5 payment rules
- · 5 shipping rules
Master
- · 100 product, shipping & order discounts
- · 100+ advanced rules & conditions
- · 15 checkout validations
- · 15 discount rejection rules
- · 15 payment rules
- · 15 shipping rules
Master Plus
- · 25 checkout validations
- · 25 discount rejection rules
- · 25 payment rules
- · 25 shipping rules
- · Dedicated customer support
- · Everything is maximum capacity
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCreate discounts, automatically add free gifts, control payment and shipping options, and enforce checkout restrictions from one app. Target rules by product, customer, B2B status, location, cart conditions, and more. Apply shipping discounts and rate caps to live carrier-calculated rates by matching their title text or rate code.
Make your checkout work the way your store needs. With 100+ advanced rules, including regex support, you can prevent checkout errors, reject discount codes, block risky COD orders, and keep checkout secure Easily hide, rename, or reorder payment and shipping methods based on cart total, weight, location, or tags.
- Scan for unknown discounts, apps & Shopify Functions affecting checkout.
- Free shipping, BOGO, tiered, and gift-with-purchase discounts.
- Target by tag, customer, country, or collection, and exclude sale items.
- Hide, reorder, and rename payment methods and ship options.
- All-in-one: Checkout rules, Payment & Shipping customizations, shipping discount
- Create checkout validation rules by shipping address, customer, date time, cart
- Hide, sort, rename shipping and payment methods to improve checkout experience
- Hide express checkout buttons like PayPal or Apple Pay from the top of checkout
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Cart Marshal |  Checkout Rules & Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Cart Marshal | Checkout Rules & Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 1 | 85(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 0% |
Pricing
| Measure | Cart Marshal | Checkout Rules & Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month | $3.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Cart Marshal | Checkout Rules & Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #225 | #38(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Jul 17, 2026 | Feb 7, 2025 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Five Acre Code | Craftly |
FAQ
Cart Marshal and Checkout Rules & Discounts: common questions
- Is Cart Marshal or Checkout Rules & Discounts cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Cart Marshal and $3.99/month for Checkout Rules & Discounts. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Cart Marshal or Checkout Rules & Discounts?
- On the Shopify App Store: Cart Marshal 5.0 from 1 reviews and Checkout Rules & Discounts 5.0 from 85 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Cart Marshal lists 19 the others don’t mention, such as BOGO, Cart discounts, Coupons, Cross-sell discounts. Checkout Rules & Discounts lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Campaigns, Custom code, Editor tool, Fixed pricing. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Nov 3, 2026; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Nov 3, 2026. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.